K-type star · orange

HR 2121

HR 2121 is an orange in the constellation Camelopardalis 432 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,480 K, about 0.8 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 45.29× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 432 years ago.

432 lybrightness mag 6.32K1III-IV

Also catalogued as HD 40827 · HIP 28829

4,480 K
temperature
6.32
apparent magnitude
45.29× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K1III-IV
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
432 years
at light speed from Earth
0.78×
as hot as the Sun
45.29×
the Sun's light output
0.71
absolute magnitude
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HR 2121K-type
Sky regionCamelopardalisthis direction
Star31 Cam38 ly
StarHR 197643 ly
Star37 Cam51 ly
StarBeta Camstar
StarAlpha Camstar
Nearest stars
Bright stars in Camelopardalis
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook toward Camelopardalis

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.